Hypermasculinity has been a societal issue for years and has finally begun to be recognized and terminated. Heterosexuality is currently being redefined within our society and many people are becoming accustomed to it. Males are usually viewed as strong and dominating humans who need to be big and show power. A good visual of this would be the movie Fight Club. Fight Club, through its plot surrounding emasculation and the need to prove one’s masculinity, shows society’s views and expectations of men, and how masculinity is always associated to the image of an alpha male.
In the visual, the main protagonist is an unnamed man who lives a depressed life caused by his inability to sleep due to his insomnia. The main example is right at the beginning. While he is having a conversation with his doctor concerning his insomnia, the doctor neglects his plead for sleeping narcotics and the protagonist tries to argue with the doctor saying, “I am in pain”. The doctor replies saying “Swing by first Methodist Tuesday night, see the guys with testicular cancer, that’s pain”. …show more content…
When the main protagonist goes to the support group meeting for men with testicular cancer, he meets a bodybuilder named Bob. Bob had developed feminine characteristics due to his treatment. The protagonist makes comments to himself that emasculates the bodybuilder in the audiences eyes because of how his estrogen levels have effected his once muscular chest. Bob grabs the protagonist and hugs him and starts to cry putting his face right on this big emasculated chest. While the protagonist starts to cry, Bob says “We’re still men” in a high pitched voice. Media emasculates by cultivating fake glorified images that inspire men to transition themselves and their personalities. This relates to Gilliam and Wooden’s “Post Princess Models of Gender: The New Man in Disney/Pixar”. Gilliam and Wooden mention that in the movie, The
In the visual, the main protagonist is an unnamed man who lives a depressed life caused by his inability to sleep due to his insomnia. The main example is right at the beginning. While he is having a conversation with his doctor concerning his insomnia, the doctor neglects his plead for sleeping narcotics and the protagonist tries to argue with the doctor saying, “I am in pain”. The doctor replies saying “Swing by first Methodist Tuesday night, see the guys with testicular cancer, that’s pain”. …show more content…
When the main protagonist goes to the support group meeting for men with testicular cancer, he meets a bodybuilder named Bob. Bob had developed feminine characteristics due to his treatment. The protagonist makes comments to himself that emasculates the bodybuilder in the audiences eyes because of how his estrogen levels have effected his once muscular chest. Bob grabs the protagonist and hugs him and starts to cry putting his face right on this big emasculated chest. While the protagonist starts to cry, Bob says “We’re still men” in a high pitched voice. Media emasculates by cultivating fake glorified images that inspire men to transition themselves and their personalities. This relates to Gilliam and Wooden’s “Post Princess Models of Gender: The New Man in Disney/Pixar”. Gilliam and Wooden mention that in the movie, The